Duties
The incumbent is responsible for providing senior leadership and oversight for the planning, coordination, direction, implementation, and assessment of FAA’s National Security Programs and Incident Response to support the ability of ASH to accomplish critical mission responsibilities.
The incumbent directly supports the safety of the National Airspace System (NAS) by providing senior leadership and safety oversight of the flying public through support to sensitive federal and local law enforcement and national security programs, building and maintaining relationships with industry and interagency partners to ensure national security objectives are achieved; and working with sensitive programs, and special access programs in addition to the following responsibilities:
Managing and directing the work of a multi-level organization through subordinates and providing leadership in the development, implementation, and administration of national policies. Incumbent is responsible for collaborating with multi-level national and government partner organizations on national security matters, providing operational and strategic leadership within a geographically dispersed organization and supporting internal and external customers to meet program goals and objectives.
Managing allocated portions of the ASH budget and reallocates resources among divisions, programs, or projects as needed by exercising the full range of managerial duties, including strategic planning, resource allocation, business plan development, and oversight to ensure alignment with program objectives.
Ensuring Senior Leadership oversight of information flow within the Directorate and to FAA, the Department of Transportation (DOT), industry, and interagency partners. They communicate directly with FAA Senior management as well as senior representatives of other government agencies regarding threats to aviation and urgent security situations; and provides rapid, reliable, and effective methods of obtaining, analyzing, verifying, summarizing, and presenting critical information to key FAA, DOT and National Security Council officials as well as other Federal agencies. The incumbent conducts presentations and briefings, resolves conflicts/issues, encourages consensus and makes decisions on critical incident support.
Applying multidisciplinary technical and analytical experience in managing the assigned program areas, providing sound advice and guidance to the Director, senior leaders within the Security and Hazardous Materials Safety organization, and other internal and external organizations. The incumbent is responsible, through subordinate managers, for the day-to-day direction and supervision of program and office operations. The incumbent integrates the work of multiple organizations to meet the organization's strategic goals, and the FAA participates in strategic planning for the FAA and makes commitments (program, budget, etc.) for a significant organization.
Directing the work of subordinate managers and teams for a diverse range of national security programs. They exercise a full range of leadership and managerial duties, including strategic planning, resource allocation, establishing priorities, communicating the organization’s and agency's vision and strategic goals and objectives, assigning tasks and responsibilities, monitoring and evaluating the performance of organizational units, managers and employees, coaching and developing staff, and organizational capabilities, approving leave, and taking or approving corrective/disciplinary actions as appropriate.
Required Documents
Only supplemental documentation (e.g. transcript, certifications, and/or veterans' documentation) will be accepted in combination with your on-line application or faxed to 202-267-7032. These documents must be uploaded or faxed on or before the closing date of the announcement. All submitted documents must reference the announcement number.
If you want consideration for one or more of the Special Hiring Authorities, documentation that must be submitted at the time of application can be found at Direct Hiring Authorities | Federal Aviation Administration (faa.gov).
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Failure to submit all required documents by the closing date will result in a finding of ineligible. We are not responsible for incomplete, illegible or missing documents.
Please DO NOT email your application documents. We cannot accept documents received via the email system. Documents sent via email will NOT receive consideration.
All Veterans: If you are claiming veterans' preference, you must submit either a DD Form 214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (Member 4 Copy or equivalent), or a document from the armed forces certifying that within 120 days you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service under honorable conditions. If you are claiming 10 point preference, you must also submit a completed SF-15, Application for 10-Point Veteran's Preference, and supporting documents outlined on the SF-15. Documents must be uploaded or faxed to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office listed in this announcement and all documents must be received by the closing date of the announcement. If you fail to submit documentation, you will be assessed as a non-veteran.
If you are claiming 10 point preference but fail to submit the supporting documents outlined on the SF-15, you will be tentatively assessed as a 5 point preference eligible provided your DD Form 214 reflects that you have the service required to qualify for preference. Documents must be uploaded or faxed to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office listed in this announcement and all documents must be received by the closing date of the announcement. If you fail to submit documentation, you will be assessed as a non-veteran.
Veterans currently on active duty claiming veterans' preference: You will be granted tentative preference if you submit a document from the armed forces certifying that within 120 days you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service under honorable conditions and your application shows that you have the required service. Prior to being appointed, you must provide to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office a DD Form 214 documenting discharge/release and showing that the service was honorable or general. If you are on terminal leave, you must provide documentation certifying authorized terminal leave.
If you want consideration for one or more of the Special Hiring Authorities, documentation that must be submitted at time of application can be found at
Direct Hiring Authorities | Federal Aviation Administration (faa.gov).
Forms:- SF-15 : Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
How to Apply
You must apply online to receive consideration. Your application must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close Date for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associated with FAA registers, your application must be submitted at the time a referral list is created in order to receive consideration for positions associated with a register.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE OR EDUCATION.
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Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information:
- Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job)
- Duties (be specific in describing your duties)
- Employer's name and address
- Supervisor name and phone number
- Start and end dates including month and year (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
- Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
- Salary (optional)
Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information and failure to provide ALL of this information may result in a finding of ineligible.You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded information again when applying for future vacancies. Please see this guide,
Document Upload Guide, for more information on uploading and re-using the documents in your applications.
Next steps
Once we receive your complete application, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluation of your qualifications. Eligible and qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. You will be contacted directly if selected for an interview.
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Important - If you make any changes to your application, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your application and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your application package, and only your previously submitted application will be evaluated.
All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Information section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodation request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Additional information on reasonable accommodations procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.